NEW ORLEANS, July 25 /PRNewswire/ -- SIGGRAPH -- NewTek, a leading
provider of 3D animation and video production tools and Hypercosm, Inc., a
leading provider of 3D simulation infrastructure for the Internet, today
announced they have entered into a strategic partnership. Kicking off the
relationship, Hypercosm announced Hypercosm WaveLink, a LightWave [6] plug-in
which turns LightWave [6] scenes directly into ultra-small platform
independent Web applets.
NewTek will begin distributing Hypercosm WaveLink and other Hypercosm Web
3D tools in the near future. These will also be available for free download
from NewTek and Hypercosm web sites.
"Hypercosm is pleased to join with NewTek in accelerating the uptake of 3D
onto the Web," said Hypercosm, Inc. founder and CEO Abe Megahed. "Our small
file size and completely programmable interactivity coupled with LightWave's
award winning modeling ease will make a powerful combination," he added.
Brad Peebler, vice president of 3D graphics tools for NewTek, said, "We
are very excited to be working with such an innovative company. NewTek is
very focused on web 3D and Hypercosm is an excellent partner to work with to
provide LightWave users an efficient, seamless method for creating web 3D
content."
Hypercosm WaveLink translates all LightWave objects, object names,
hierarchies, positions, rotations, scales, basic material colors, lights, and
cameras. All textures are automatically collected and translated into JPEG
format and UV mapping coordinates are translated. In short, what you see in
LightWave is in most cases very close to what you get on the Web under
Windows, MacOS and GNU / Linux.
Hypercosm WaveLink can also emit OMAR (Object oriented Modeling, Animation
and Rendering) source code capturing the Lightwave scene. Once in OMAR source
code, codes can be combined to produce arbitrarily sophisticated online games,
educational pieces, and customer care simulations. OMAR programs are compiled
using Hypercosm Studio, of which versions are available for Windows and GNU /
Linux. Compiled OMAR programs, called Hypercosm applets, are platform
independent and can be played either stand-alone or within a web browser.
Players, which execute Hypercosm applets, exist for Windows 95, 98, NT and
2000, Mac OS, and GNU / Linux.
About Hypercosm, Inc.
Hypercosm, Inc. is privately held with corporate offices in San Jose,
California and Madison, Wisconsin. The company's technology is uniquely
differentiated from other Internet media solutions by the incredibly small
size of its content and the unparalleled degree of simulation and
interactivity it permits. The company positions itself as a player in the
Internet infrastructure area, with focus on customer care, online learning,
and entertainment.
Hypercosm's remarkable technological innovation can be experienced at
http://www.waycoolgames.com, at http://www.waycoollearning.com, or at http://www.hypercosm.com,
where the Hypercosm Player and Hypercosm Studio software can be downloaded for
free.
Hypercosm, Hypercosm 3D, OMAR, Hypercosm Studio, and Hypercosm MaxLink are
trademarks of Hypercosm, Inc. All other products are trademarks of their
respective holders.
For downloadable logos, product specs, and more technical information,
please see http://www.hypercosm.com. For more information, or to interview Perry
Kivolowitz or Abe Megahed, please contact:
Brenda Kennedy Ned Barnett
Hypercosm, Inc. Firebaugh Communications
408-938-5725 702-696-1200
bkennedy@hypercosm.com ned@yourprteam.com
SOURCE Hypercosm, Inc. and NewTek
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Related links:
http://www.siggraph.org/s2000
http://www.waycoolgames.com
http://www.waycoollearning.com http://www.hypercosm.com
CONTACT:
Brenda Kennedy of Hypercosm, Inc.,
408-938-5725, or bkennedy@hypercosm.com; or Ned Barnett of
Firebaugh Communications, 702-696-1200, or ned@yourprteam.com,
for Hypercosm, Inc.
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